Berkeley Engineering’s 2025 in review
12/18/25 — Nine standout stories from the year
Honors & awards
Two UC Berkeley professors elected to the National Academy of Inventors
12/11/25 — Ana Claudia Arias and Tahir Ghani named as 2025 fellows
Karl van Bibber and Shafi Goldwasser elected to the American Academy of Sciences and Letters
11/14/25 — ‘Distinguished academics’ honored for their outstanding scholarship
Dan Fletcher named to National Academy of Medicine
10/21/25 — Bioengineering professor recognized for his work developing mobile phone-based microscopy to diagnose infectious diseases in developing countries
UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
10/08/25 — Created metal-organic frameworks that can harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases, catalyze chemical reactions
William Tarpeh awarded MacArthur ‘genius’ fellowship
10/08/25 — Berkeley Engineering alum is pioneering methods to recover resources from wastewater
UC Berkeley EECS professors receive AI for Math Fund grants
09/25/25 — Funded projects will focus on developing systems to help advance mathematical discovery and research
Five students honored as Siebel Scholars
09/19/25 — Foundation announces class of 2026
Carlos Quezada named a 2025 University Medal finalist
05/08/25 — In turbulent times, civil engineering student excelled through idealism, hard work
Two Berkeley engineers elected to National Academy of Sciences
05/02/25 — Robert Ritchie and Daniel Kammen recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research
EECS professor Dawn Song elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
04/28/25 — Organization recognizes leaders from across disciplines and engages them in meeting the nation’s challenges
Phillip Messersmith named fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
03/27/25 — BioE professor honored for 'distinguished contributions' in wet biological adhesion and biologically inspired materials
Dan Garcia receives Distinguished Teaching Award
03/20/25 — EECS teaching professor recognized with campus's highest honor for teaching excellence
UC Berkeley PATH awarded $10M USDOT grant
01/27/25 — Funding will facilitate development and deployment of innovative autonomous vehicle technologies to improve freight logistics in rural and tribal communities
Berkeley Engineering’s 2024 in review
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Grace Gu named ‘game-changing’ researcher in materials science
12/12/24 — Nature: She is recognized for using techniques such as machine learning to design composite materials
Homayoon Kazerooni elected to the National Academy of Inventors
12/10/24 — A leading expert in robotics and human-machine systems, he has created medical exoskeletons that enable paralyzed individuals to stand and walk
Berkeley researchers receive ARPA-H awards
10/10/24 — UC Berkeley researchers in two multi-institutional teams have won major awards to fund pioneering biomedical research
EECS professor Preeya Khanna wins NIH New Innovator Award
10/08/24 — CDSS: Prestigious award supports especially creative, high-impact biomedical and behavioral research by early-career investigators
Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu nominated for NAE presidency
09/25/24 — Voting to take place in March 2025 for the six-year term beginning July 1